TONIGHT (Saturday, November 20th)

Cellar Bar, Blackburn: INDIGO DUB, SEMI-HERE, drum'n'bass acts

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 9pm to 3am

Hawthorns Nightclub, Bolton: WATERFACE, pop guitar, 9.30pm

Manchester Roadhouse: LOS NACHOS, blues rockers plus support, £3/£4

Band On The Wall, Manchester: ERIK TRUFFAZ, blue note trumpeter, £5/£6, 9pm

Manchester Arena: B*WITCHED, FRED AND ROXY

SUNDAY

King George's Hall, Blackburn: KING PLEASURE AND THE BISCUIT BOYS, £7/£9, 8pm

Madison Park Wine Bar, Rawtenstall: JOHN GROGAN St Mary's Church, Todmorden: DRUMDANCE, women's percussion show and workshop, £2/£2.50, 3pm

MONDAY

Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn: NEW RIVERSIDE JAZZ BAND, 8.15pm

WEDNESDAY

Manchester Academy: THE FOO FIGHTERS, £12

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: NAPALM DEATH, £8, 8pm

Cafe De Ream, Blackburn: PRE-WASH, '70s sounds

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: BUS STOP, '70s sounds, 10pm to 2am

THURSDAY

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester: GEORGE BOROWSKI AND THE GREEN 3, pop, £3, 8pm till late

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: THEN JERICHO, £5, 9pm

FRIDAY

Carlton Hotel, Burnley: DEPOT 9, 7.30pm

Colne Municipal Hall: SWEET HOME CHICAGO, Blues Brothers tribute, £9/£10, 8pm

Manchester Academy: BUSH, £10.50

Cellar Bar, Blackburn: THE SOUP, indie club night, free

Manchester Roadhouse: SCRAGGY'S FORTUNE, ADORE, ELEMENT, SAMCITY, £3/£4, 9pm

Manchester Apollo: THE SAW DOCTORS

Manchester Arena: EURYTHMICS, JOI

Liverpool Royal Court: IAN BROWN, REGULAR FRIES

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: OUTASIGHT, funky DJ sounds till 3am

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: LUST, 9pm to 3am

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